Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 425)

CHAPTER GLOSSARY
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Glossary
10-Bit: The identification for 1023 levels within the digital signal.
24p: This is a 24 frame progressive format.
16 X 9: This is a term that describes a wide screen television
format that has the measurements of 16 X 9.
2K: A color correction system developed by DaVinci Systems.
It is also a data file with the resolution of 2048 X 1556.
2K Plus: A color correction system developed by DaVinci Systems.
4K: An abbreviation for a data file with the resolution of 4096
X 3112.
4:2:2: This refers to a digital signal with half chrominance
resolution and full luminance resolution.
4:4:4: This refers to a digital signal with full levels of luminance
and chrominance information.
A
Access Time: This term refers to the amount of time that is needed to
load information from a data storage device.
ACE: This is an abbreviation for the American Cinema Editors.
Anamorphic: A term which refers to a squeezed or anamorphic image
which is either unsqueezed with a lens during projection
or by using a special video monitor. In regards to motion
picture applications, the term is generally applied to wide-
screen formats such as CinemaScope, Panavision or
SuperScope.
Archive: This generally refers to the storage of information. This can
apply to either film or data storage.
ASA: A measurement of film sensitivity developed by the
American National Standards Institution.
ASC: An abbreviation which is short for the American Society of
Cinematographers.
Assemble Edit: This refers to a video edit which picks up after the
completion of previously recorded material on the tape.
Aspect Ratio: A term that refers to the height to width of an image.
ATSC: An abbreviation for the Advanced Television Systems
Committee.
B
Background Processing: A term that is applied to a computer operation which is
performed at the same time when another operation is
being carried out.